Galveston County Teen Parenting Coalition
The Galveston County Teen Parenting Coalition (GCTPC) is a private non-profit 501(c)3 organization created to bring together other organizations and individuals in the Galveston County area concerned about issues of adolescent pregnancy and parenthood. A baby is born to a teen mother in Galveston County every two days. Fifteen percent of teen births in Galveston County are repeat births. The birth rate of Galveston County is 31% lower than the Texas rate and 0.2% higher than the United States rate (Healthy Futures of Texas, 2021).
